H. Sale of certain imposts by the Milan authorities to Johannes Petrus de Solarmo of Como, 22 Feb. 1497. Lat. Vellum. Taken from the binding of a Rituale of 1584. f. 47. Transferred from the Dept. of Printed Books.
L. Two letters from George III to [Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of] Holdernesse, Governor of the Royal Princes, relating to the Prince of Wales; Kew, 16, 17 July 1772. Further correspondence is in Add. MS. 39168 O. f. 60.
R. Letter from Pope Pius IX to Andrea [Timoni], Bishop of Chios, thanking him for his confidence in the future of the Church; Rome, 19 Feb. 1877. Latin. Signed. f. 92.
D. Letter, signed "Ba," from [Elizabeth Barrett Browning, poetess], to [Miss] Isa [Blagen], thanking her for the gift of a ring inscribed Undated (1851-1861). The ring was bequeathed to the Museum by Mrs. Florence Barclay. f. 40. Transferred from the Dept. of British and Mediaeval Antiquities.
G. Letter of W[illiam] C[harles] Macready, actor, to [Frederic] Reynolds, dramatist, commending Richard Brunton to his good offices at Drury Lane Theatre; Argyll St., London, 13 Apr. 1826. f. 46. Presented by Arthur Laws, Esq., F.A.I.
N. Letter to his parents from W[illialm Anderson, midshipman on H.M.S. "Bellona," giving an account of the battle of Copenhagen (2 Apr. 1801) and adding the ship's minutes on the occasion. Dated from Danzig Harbour. f. 80. Presented by Julius Anderson, Esq., nephew of the writer.
A. Letter from Henry A[aron] Stern, missionary to the Jews, to Ch[arles Tilstone] Beke, describing the condition of Abyssinia, to which the writer had just returned on a second visit; Genda near Gondar, Apr. [1862]. f. 1. Presented by David M. Greig, Esq., F.R.C.S. Edin.
B. Two letters from Johannes Brahms to the Amtsvogt [Blume of Winsen-an-den-Luhe], referring among other matters to Joachim and the Schumanns; im Lahnthal, Sept. 1853, and Ulm, 16 Aug. 1854. German. Published in the Lüneburgsche Anzeigen., 29 Mar. 1901, and (translated into English) by Florence May....
O. Letter from [Henry] Irving, actor, during his engagement at the Theatre Royal, Manchester, to Mrs. Robins (wife of Joseph Robins, actor), asking humorously for the loan of a shilling. Dat. "The abode of misery, Wednesday afternoon," [circ. 1861]. With early photograph (f. 84) of Irving and a type...
Q. Message on thin paper, damaged in places, from [Sir] Robert Hart [1st Bart. 1893] addressed to the Foreign Consuls at Tientsin or officer commanding any European troops, asking immediate relief for the besieged Peking Legations; Sat. 23 June, 9 p.m. [1900]. Signed. f. 91. Presented by J. L. ,Smit...